Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: When Your Student Goes to War

Jessica Smartt Gullion and Jamie Covey·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 6, 2022·13 min read

"We began this autoethnographic essay thinking about the love the teachers have for their students."

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New Issue! The AutoEthnographer Volume 1, Issue 2, Autumn 2021

Marlen Harrison·

All Issues Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 21, 2021·2 min read

Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2021

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Worlds without Women: Tolkien’s Middle-earth

Diane Riggins·

All Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Features Reflections on Method Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 17, 2021·5 min read

"My thesis began to unfold after doing some research on my final topic idea about Tolkien’s world, female characters, female gamers, and the stereotype that females are the love interests or damsels in distress. I chose autoethnography because it allowed me to add that personal angle to the paper because I am a female writer, reader, and gamer."

Interview with Poet Jacob Meadows, Author of Shades

Marlen Harrison and Jacob Meadows·

All Autoethnographic Poetry Interviews Reflections on Method Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 13, 2021·11 min read

"It is in finding these solutions, the tape and the glue that holds us all together, that we find the beauty of who we are as people."

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Autoethnographic Literary Fiction: “Just One More Time…”, a Family’s Experience of COVID Social Distancing

Nicole Brown·

All Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 10, 2021·16 min read

"She has been so careful at work; she has had all of her shopping delivered for weeks, actually for months, now; she's even wiped down the items with bleach as they are delivered, and still does. How can this have happened?"

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Autoethnographic Poetry: Pandemic Poets of Puerto Rico

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·

All Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 3, 2021·7 min read

"Everybody is a poet in the sense that everyone was/is making do—and making magic—with what they had/have."

Fragrance Cultures: The Making of a Perfume Historian

Elena Vosnaki·

All Autoethnographic Essays Autoethnographic Writing Features Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 26, 2021·15 min read

"Because I was so immersed in both history, bound in good-smelling leather, no less, and in beautiful and evocative little bottles around me as playthings, I guess it needed no further prompting. It was within my blood before I could think about what I wanted to do with my life!"

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Cooking with Cannabis

Sandra L. Faulkner·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 20, 2021·19 min read

"When I return to Sam’s place with the cheesecloth, I smell our “soup” pot. Shit. I envision the blotter headline: ECU Professor busted for marijuana. What a way to make my graduate mentors proud and to show success at this professor business."

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The AutoEthnographer’s Shanita Mitchell Wins 2022 IAANI Award

Marlen Harrison·

All News, Interviews & Reviews Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 16, 2021·1 min read

"Congratulations to Shanita Mitchell, Editorial Board member of The AutoEthnographer and multimedia artist, for her recognition by the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI)."

The Twerking Academic: “My Stuff”, a Multimedia Performance

Shanita Mitchell·

All Autoethnographic Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 13, 2021·2 min read

"In recent light of the Texas Abortion Law, I had to confront the fact that somebody did almost walk away with all of my stuff…and I am equal parts disgusted, exhausted, and pissed about it."

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My Journey to Poetry: Nonagenarian Poet Milton Carp Reflects on His Process

Milton Carp·

All Autoethnographic Poetry Reflections on Method Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 31, 2021·12 min read

"Once I have the first line or two, the rest of the poem seems to flow rather easily. I write whatever comes to mind. Somewhat like a story rather than a poem. I then start to take out the excess words and phrases and pare it down to the essence of what I wish to say. Other times I do not change a word. The muses come and go on their own. I also believe poetry has chosen me."

Multimedia Autoethnography: On ‘Being’ and ‘Knowing’ a Body

Nandini Manjunath·

All Autoethnographic Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 23, 2021·3 min read

”I share this artistic piece as an invitation to problematise and think further about not only the Autoethnographic “I/We” in what I/we can know about ourselves and our bodies but also to make space for the incoherence that becomes a part of “being” and “knowing” in explorations of fragmentation and loss.”

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

New Podcast: In What Ways Do Autoethnography & Painting Go Together?

New Podcast: Finding Joy in Artistic Performance as Black Feminist Autoethnography

The AutoEthnographer Is Excited to Offer Student Scholarships!

“Queer”: Call for Submissions, 2023-24 Special Issue

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”